Castelnuovo, Avezzano
Encyclopedia
The frazione
Castelnuovo is a small town
established in the Middle Ages
in the Avezzano
comune
, 5.42 kilometre from Avezzano
itelf, within the province of L'Aquila
, Abruzzo
region
, in the Apennine Mountains
within the centre (geometry)
of Italy
. Its population
in 2001 was 182 (number)
.
The town suffered severe property damage
on 6 April 2009 as a result
of the 2009 Italian earthquake.
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
Castelnuovo is a small town
Town
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established in the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
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in the Avezzano
Avezzano
Avezzano is a town and comune in the Abruzzo region, province of L'Aquila. It is the main commercial, industrial and agricultural centre of the Marsica area, with high-tech industries such as a Micron Technology semi-conductor plant, and a large Telespazio satellite farm.-History:There are two...
comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
, 5.42 kilometre from Avezzano
Avezzano
Avezzano is a town and comune in the Abruzzo region, province of L'Aquila. It is the main commercial, industrial and agricultural centre of the Marsica area, with high-tech industries such as a Micron Technology semi-conductor plant, and a large Telespazio satellite farm.-History:There are two...
itelf, within the province of L'Aquila
Province of L'Aquila
thumb|left|200px|Map of the province.The Province of L'Aquila is the largest, most mountainous and least densely populated province of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It comprises about half the landmass of Abruzzo and occupies the western part of the region...
, Abruzzo
Abruzzo
Abruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...
region
Region
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, in the Apennine Mountains
Apennine mountains
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains or Greek oros but just as often used alone as a noun. The ancient Greeks and Romans typically but not always used "mountain" in the singular to mean one or a range; thus, "the Apennine mountain" refers to the entire chain and is translated "the Apennine...
within the centre (geometry)
Centre (geometry)
In geometry, the centre of an object is a point in some sense in the middle of the object. If geometry is regarded as the study of isometry groups then the centre is a fixed point of the isometries.-Circles:...
of Italy
Italy
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. Its population
Population
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in 2001 was 182 (number)
182 (number)
182 is the natural number following 181 and preceding 183.-In mathematics:* 182 is an even number* 182 is a composite number, as it is a positive integer with a positive divisor other than one or itself* 182 is a deficient number, as 154 is less than 182...
.
The town suffered severe property damage
Property damage
Property damage is damage to or the destruction of public or private property, caused either by a person who is not its owner or by natural phenomena. Property damage caused by persons is generally categorized by its cause: neglect , and intentional damage...
on 6 April 2009 as a result
Result
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of the 2009 Italian earthquake.